Colchester United 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 August 2012

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Sheffield United

League One · Saturday 25 August 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-1 Sheffield United: match report

Colchester United drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 August 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

John Cofie opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Clinton Morrison (72'). Sheffield United scored through John Cofie (17').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 14th on 2 points from 2 and Sheffield United 7th on 4 points from 2. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Sheffield United 6th with 78.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · John CofieSheffield United · 0-1
  • 72'Goal · Clinton MorrisonColchester United · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Marcus BeanColchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · Stephen QuinnSheffield United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Nick BlackmanSheffield United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · A. WordsworthColchester United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 3, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Mark Cousins, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, John-Joe O'Toole, Brian Wilson, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Clinton Morrison, Freddie Sears, Ian Henderson, Matt Heath

Sheffield United line-up

Mark Howard, Harry Maguire, Tony McMahon, K. McDonald, David McAllister, S. Quinn, Nick Blackman, John Cofie, Matthew Hill, Michael Doyle, N. Collins